Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced late Tuesday that the state will be receiving a slight increase in its supply of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government.

Ivey said that she took part in a National Governors Association call – to discuss the vaccine distribution with President Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator – however the governor stopped short of giving any specific numbers on how many doses of vaccine Alabama would receive.

State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris says that the state has been receiving between 50,000 and 60,000 doses a week of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – which falls far short of what is needed.  Governor Ivey said the state has the flexibility to redistribute unused doses from the federal pharmacy program to re-allocate for the general population.

“I’m pleased that Alabama will receive a slight increase in our vaccine supply,” Ivey said. “Any margin of increase is appreciated, but we have a long way to go to be able to provide them to any Alabamian who wants one. Along with Dr. Harris, I’ll continue to advocate to our federal partners that we must be more efficient in shipping these to the states in order for us to get shots in arms.”

(AL.COM/www.al.com)